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Match Play Presents Early Intrigue, Often Unfulfilling Final Rounds

This week's WGC Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Ariz., could be something really special. Or it might not. That's the tricky thing about match play. When competition begins Wednesday with 64 of the top ranked players in the world, there will be all sorts of intriguing possibilities. A few times over the...

Notebook: Jonathan Byrd Keeps It Simple

Some times it's as simple as keeping on. That's really the only explanation Jonathan Byrd offered after Sunday's season-opening victory in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Coming down the home stretch of last year's season, Byrd was on the verge of losing his PGA Tour card for this year. Then he won a playoff in Las...

Monday Movers: Jonathan Byrd Takes Flight in Hawaii

Each week, Monday Movers will look back on the previous week in the golf world to see whose stock is rising and who will likely be heading back to the range. On the Rise Jonathan Byrd -- Byrd qualified for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in dramatic fashion 11 weeks ago with a walk-off ace in Las Vegas, and he...

Monday Movers: Martin Kaymer Reigns Supreme in Europe

Each week, Monday Movers will look back on the previous week in the golf world to see whose stock is rising and who will likely be heading back to the range. On the Rise Martin Kaymer -- Kaymer became the youngest player since Ronan Rafferty in 1989 to be crowned Europe's No. 1 golfer. The 25-year-old's only competition...

Robert Karlsson Wins in Dubai After Ian Poulter's Gaffe

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Sweden's Robert Karlsson won the Dubai World Championship Sunday, defeating third-round leader Ian Poulter in a playoff after a bizarre marking blunder by the Englishman on the final hole. Karlsson calmly rolled in a birdie putt on the second playoff hole after Poulter was given a...

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05/22/12 Ernie Els hoping rejigged Wentworth puts smile back on... Source: Telegraph - London - UK Sympathy should be granted to Kennedy and his staff, although sympathy is not the first emotion which springs to a disgruntled pro's mind when the scores are high.
05/19/12 Quiros ends Poulter's World Match Play run Source: USA Today Defending champion Ian Poulter bowed out of the World Match Play Championship with a 4 and 3 loss to Alvaro Quiros on Saturday, becoming one of five Englishmen eliminated at the last-16 stage in southern Spain.
05/18/12 Finch shocks Kaymer at Match Play Source: BBC Sport England's Richard Finch shocked German world number nine Martin Kaymer to advance to the last 16 of the World Match Play at Finca Cortesin, Spain.
05/18/12 Poulter extends dominant match-play run in Spain Source: MSNBC CASARES, Spain (AP) -Ian Poulter overwhelmed English compatriot and friend Tom Lewis 4 and 3 to stride into the last 16 in his defense of the World Match Play Championship.
05/17/12 Ian Poulter thinks the Olympic golf format should be... Source: Larry Brown Sports Golf will be making its glorious return to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Games after a staggering 112-year absence.

Background on ian poulter

Ian James Poulter (born 10 January 1976) is an English professional golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour.

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